Sheet Holder

ABSTRACT

An accessory, designed to tightly stretch a sheet over a mattress, composed of a flat base with two vertical arms that each have a clip that grips the sheet.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention refers to an accessory designed to grasp thecorners of a bed sheet and stretch it tightly over the mattress.

BACKGROUND ART

It is customary to spread a sheet over a mattress, and in order toensure that the sheet remains spread tautly over the bed, the sheetedges are folded under the mattress. Some sheets have hems with anelastic band that helps hold the sheet edges underneath the mattress.Nevertheless, the sheet often loses its grip on the mattress corner. Thepresent invention offers a solution to this problem and even facilitatesspreading sheets over mattresses, ensuring they remain taut.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 describes the accessory (1).

FIG. 2 describes the clip (4).

FIGS. 3, 4, 6 and 7 describe the manner in which the accessory (1) ispositioned on the bed.

FIG. 5 describes the manner in which the edge of the sheet is insertedand attached to the clips (4).

THE INVENTION

The main objective of the present invention is to offer an accessorydesigned to tighten the sheet's grip on the mattress; and to offer anaccessory, as mentioned, which is easy and effective to use, at a lowprice.

The accessory (1), subject of the present invention, is described ingeneral in FIG. 1, and is composed of a base (2) and two vertical arms(3). The base (2) is shaped like a flat plate or flat strip with avertical arm (3) at each end. The height of the two arms (3) shouldpreferably be equal to approximately half the thickness of the mattress.The arm is shaped like a flat strip, and it ends in a clip (4). The arms(3) are not parallel to each other, but extend up from the base at a 45°angle to the longitudinal axis of the base, so that the relative anglebetween the two arms is approximately 90°. The clip (4) is designed togrip the sheet tightly while the accessory is in use. In general, a widevariety of clips may be used to grasp the sheet. In the example depictedin the drawings, for example in FIG. 2, the inventors implement theinvention using a particular type of clip, although the invention andthe patent application refer to any type of clip.

Use of the accessory: The accessory (1) is placed under the mattresscorner so that the base (2) is positioned between the mattress and thebed board, or box mattress, and the arms are flush against the verticalsides of the mattress as depicted, for example, in FIGS. 3 and 4 Each ofthe arms (3) of the accessory (1) is positioned against an adjacent sideof the mattress, as illustrated in the drawings. After placing theaccessory (1) and positioning it as described above, the sheet is spreadover the mattress, and the corners are stretched and attached to theclips (4). The manner and way in which the edge of the sheet is insertedand attached to the clips (4) is clear and understood as it is describedabove and in the Figures. For the illustration, FIG. 5 describes themanner in which the edge of the sheet to the clips (4), and it should beunderstood that in fact while using the accessory (1) the sheet coversthe clips (4). FIGS. 6 and 7 depict the situation after spreading thesheet and attaching it to the clips (4) of the accessory (1).Accessories (1) should of course be placed one at each corner of themattress in order to hold the sheet over the mattress effectively andtightly.

The accessory (1) can be manufactured from a variety of materials, suchas metal, plastic, and even cardboard or a stiff fabric. It is alsopossible and recommended to manufacture the accessory as one solidpiece, mainly in order to minimize costs.

While the present invention has been described in connection with whatis considered the most practical and preferred embodiments, it isunderstood that this invention is not limited to the disclosedembodiments but is intended to cover various arrangements includedwithin the spirit and scope of the broadest interpretation so as toencompass all such modifications and equivalent arrangements.

What is claimed is:
 1. An accessory which aimed to tightly stretch asheet over a mattress comprising of a fiat base and two vertical armsthat each of them includes a clip; wherein the said flat base is shapedas a flat plate; wherein that each of the said vertical arms isconnected vertically to the one end of the flat base; wherein that thesaid vertical arms stands in position of 90 degrees between them;whereby such relative position enable to put the said accessory underthe corner of the mattress in a position whereby each of the saidvertical arms are attached to the vertical wall of the mattress; wherebythat enable to insert and attaches the edge of the sheet to the clips inpurpose to attaches and tight the sheet on the mattress.